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mongo legal or not?

Discussion in 'WERA National Endurance Series' started by keg0900, Jan 28, 2005.

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  1. keg0900

    keg0900 none ya

    is this paint/number plate sceme legal or not?
    its going to be used as my endurance bike and sprint bike
    and the rules say an endurance bike can be used as is for sprints?
    and it says numbers on front not centered.

    im really not trying to be trouble I just went through alot to get that paint done.

    please help


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    keg0900, Jan 28, 2005
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  2. todzuki

    todzuki got OBS?

    It's legal. Lots of people have number plates like that in WERA. Including me, Geoff May, Ryan Elleby, Ryan Gordon, etc. At last year's National at Fontana, CA, it seemed like 75% of the WERA West guys had their plates like that too.
     
    todzuki, Jan 28, 2005
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  3. keg0900

    keg0900 none ya

    thats what i thought but i have had some people freak out on me saying that there not.

    hey todd did you get a ride on an endurance team yet?
     
    keg0900, Jan 28, 2005
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  4. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Legal for Endurance, not for sprints sorry.
     
    Mongo, Jan 28, 2005
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  5. keg0900

    keg0900 none ya

    dont the rules say i can run my endurance bike as is in sprints.?
     
    keg0900, Jan 28, 2005
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  6. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    The bike isn't the issue, the numberplate is - it is not legible for the scorers when they are on the bikes right, so it is NOT legal. No matter what people did last season they will not be doing it this year, it's a racebike, put the plate in the center of the front fairing.

    I absolutley cannot believe I am going to have to waste space in the rulebook clarifying this kind of silly stuff.
     
    Mongo, Jan 28, 2005
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  7. choppertim

    choppertim Well-Known Member

    Plate colors

    Mongo does the color of your backing plates matter in either sprints or endurance? Thanks for all the information.
     
    choppertim, Jan 28, 2005
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  8. Fuzzy317

    Fuzzy317 a Crash Truck near you

    Re: Plate colors

    I will speak up, since Mongo is probably changing the rulebook to read "no number slanting" ;) :D Sprints they have to be the color of your status: yellow for novices, white for expert. And "No number slanting" ;)

    For the number requirements, check rulebook Chapter 6.


    little about endurance numbers
     
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    Fuzzy317, Jan 28, 2005
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  9. Paige

    Paige BBS FF Champ

    The ones that are sideways like that suck!!!!
     
    Paige, Jan 28, 2005
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  10. keg0900

    keg0900 none ya

    thanks paige i love you to
     
    keg0900, Jan 28, 2005
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  11. Paige

    Paige BBS FF Champ

    :D I like the look of it...it is just really hard to score them. :)
     
    Paige, Jan 28, 2005
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  12. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Exactly. The numberplates are not a style part of the bike, they are a working part and as such they need to work properly just like other working portions of the bike.

    FWIW the front number plate is named such because it needs to be on the front of the bike, not on one side or the other....
     
    Mongo, Jan 28, 2005
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  13. keg0900

    keg0900 none ya

    thats fine mongo i just wish i had known that before i spent the money to have it painted. it just really puts me in a tight spot thats all. i did it because last year others had and i didnt realize it had to be centered. especially with it being an endurance and sprint bike thats all.
     
    keg0900, Jan 28, 2005
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  14. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Sorry dude - we tried being nice last year and the plates got worse and worse so now we finally have to step in and force people back to what the scorers can see.
     
    Mongo, Jan 28, 2005
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  15. Steve Karson

    Steve Karson Tcasby is my Bitch !!

    Just get another upper to use for sprint races.
     
    Steve Karson, Jan 28, 2005
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  16. LoneWolfRacing

    LoneWolfRacing Ride like a stupid moron!

    Ahh, how about a bike like the Kawi ZX6RR, with its ram air duct directly in the middle of the upper, it leaves a small area for numbers. If I am given a 3 digit number this year, I have no choice but to slant the numbers a bit. I am not putting them across the windscreen..... of course this is if I use the endurance bike for sprints :)
     
    LoneWolfRacing, Jan 28, 2005
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  17. WERA29

    WERA29 On a mental field trip...

    You're right, you don't. ;)

    You can always paint the lower section of the windscreen and put the numbers above the ram air opening.
     
    WERA29, Jan 29, 2005
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  18. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    On the Kawi it's iffy if painting the lower portion of the windscreen would affect the rider being able to see well enough tucked at speed so we're allowing you to do two smaller numberplates - one on each side of the front fairing. This is the ONLy bike getting an exception other than the RC51. All others need one single plate centered.
     
    Mongo, Jan 29, 2005
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  19. LoneWolfRacing

    LoneWolfRacing Ride like a stupid moron!

    Mongo, I am greatful for the exceptionon the Kawis, since I have 2 of them I will be usuing with WERA this year:)
     
    LoneWolfRacing, Jan 30, 2005
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  20. brian126

    brian126 Well-Known Member

    I'm sorry! :Poke:
     
    brian126, Jan 30, 2005
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